The David McCune International Art Gallery at Methodist University will bring the genius of an icon to campus with “gallery goes POP: Warhol,” an exhibit of Andy Warhol silkscreen print masterworks, Feb. 7 through April 12.
The David McCune International Art Gallery at Methodist University will bring the genius of an icon to campus with “gallery goes POP: Warhol,” an exhibit of Andy Warhol silkscreen print masterworks, Feb. 7 through April 12.
The exhibit opens with a reception on Feb. 7 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. that is free and open to the public, though a $10 donation is suggested. Nicole Dezelon, Assistant Director of Learning at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, will highlight the reception with a gallery talk at 7:15 p.m.
The Warhol exhibit is made possible in part by grants from the Cumberland County Tourism Development Authority and the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County and through the sponsorship of the Methodist University Arts & Lecture Series, Wells Fargo, Bryan Honda, William Gillis, Janet Parks, and Terri S. Union. The exhibit is on loan from The Cochran Collection in Georgia and from the Ackland Art Museum on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The gallery is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays from noon to 4. The gallery is closed Sundays and Mondays and March 4-11. Docents will be available for group tours with arrangements at least one week in advance. To arrange a group visit or a docent tour, contact Gallery Executive Director Silvana Foti at 910.630.7107.
About the McCune Gallery
The David McCune International Art Gallery is in the William Bethune Center for Visual Arts on the campus of Methodist University. Its mission is to coordinate exhibitions of art by student, regional, national, and international artists, educating students and the public through a diverse representation of fine art. Since its opening in 2010, the McCune Gallery has been Fayetteville’s premier art venue, where works from traveling exhibitions, fine art on loan from museum collections throughout the world, and works by Methodist University students are displayed. Recent shows at the gallery have included Chagall’s “The Story of Exodus,” as well as the bronze sculptures of “Rodin: Portraits of a Lifetime, and “Picasso: 25 Years of Edition Ceramics from the Rosenbaum Collection.”